Another week, another recommendations thread.
Let everyone know below a game (6+ months old), that you have played recently, are currently playing or intend to play soon.
I’m on a Yakuza kick. Finished Yakuza 0 recently, and now I’m digging into Yakuza Kiwami.
Briefly got sidetracked by Diablo 2 Resurrected (but then died in a place where I don’t think I can recover my loot, so I’ll probably just set that down and restart when I’m done with Yakuza).
I’m sure I’ll checkout what Diablo 2 was like eventually.
I just snagged 2 & 3 with all the expansions yesterday for 20 bucks. Seemed like a decent deal, and I still hadn’t played either yet.
Plenty to tide me over until Diablo 4 doesn’t cost my left nut and $70.
I’ve played Diablo 3 with Reaper of Souls since launch, never got the final expansion due to lack of sales.
Killer Instinct (2013)! Booted it up again just yesterday and it just felt so damn good to play.
I remember that one, I tried playing it before MK11 turned me into a fan of the genre.
I haven’t been into MK since their design changed from 9 to X. Regardless, if you’re a fan of the genre now, I recommend you give KI another shot, it’s like the definition of bad ass!
If you can get into the Resident Evil style camp and fun, MK11 is a very fun, balls to the wall story between the fights.
Elden Ring. I had never played a FromSoft game before so I really had no idea what I was getting into. I played through it seven times with my main character, got the platinum trophy, and then spun up a new character on my sons playstation account to platinum it for him as well.
Definitely got value for my money on that purchase.
Elden Ring really is a nice evolution of the Fromsoft style, I’ve been playing their games since Demon’s Souls launch day on the PS3 and have 100hrs in Elden Ring.
I have no idea how far I got before other games pulled my attention, but I’ve also never finished a Fromsoft game, maybe Elden Ring will be the first one eventually.
For me it was Dark Souls 3 for a long time, it felt like the most easily accessible around the time of it’s release. And then Elden Ring hit, and just blew that and all the other Souls games that FromSoft have made out of the water. Talk about outdoing yourself lol.
I’d say that DS1 stayed my favourite thru til Elden Ring launched, but it was a linear progression in playability.
Sniper elite 4 for $6 (5 is good too, and $20) is everything I wanted MGSV to be. It’s its own game so the stealth mechanics are different (sound is a major factor), and the gunplay is much more reliant on sniper rifles (though I use a silenced pistol a lot too, plus melee takedowns), but it’s every bit comparable in terms of an excellent stealth engine with responsive, engaging AI. Where it shines is that unlike metal gear, which was forced out before it was populated, the mission areas are huge and jam packed with enemy action. If the ground zeroes map was a little bigger and built out into a full game, that’s how Sniper Elite feels.
Also, because they can, you can snipe grenades off of enemies to explode them, and they’ll chain to other environmental explosives (I haven’t seen this in 5; not sure if they removed it or I just haven’t noticed an enemy with a grenade on them), and the sniping is extremely satisfying with slow-motion x-rays of the body parts hit (also can be turned off) and good physics based on bullet drop, wind, velocity, etc.
Sniper Elite 4 (2017) $5.99 at -90%
Sniper Elite 3 (2012) $4.49 at -85%
I just got Quake, and I enjoy every minute of it
This one kind of surprised me, but I have been hooked on Fight Night Champion. I noticed it on game pass and remembered having a good time with the older games in the series so I gave it a shot. The legacy mode in this game is surprisingly in depth and offers a lot of different ways to improve your skills and upgrade your boxer. The AI beat my ass pretty regularly until I started messing with different styles and techniques. At the end of the day it’s still just two dudes beating each other with their fists, but it’s a blast.
Fight Night controls are perfect.
They really are! Rotating the stick for that perfect uppercut and getting the flash KO is like a dopamine shot to the brain.
I’m playing Halo 3 on PC. I’ve played it a lot on xbox360 back in the day, and it really is a treat. Bringing back lots of happy memories of coop and a time when I had time for online matchmaking.
I just started Final Fantasy 7R, it’s my first Final Fantasy, and I‘m really enjoying it so far!
Currently in Act 3, really like the world and characters so far.
My first Final Fantasy was X on the PS2, we didn’t have a memory card so I had to keep the console on for weeks with a risk of losing all progress with no savegame, It was the first game I finished.
Currently playing rogue legacy 2 and I must say, the gameplay loop is so satisfying. There are even options to make your runs easier on the fly and revert back to defaults before the boss fight, if you wish to hasten your grind.
I bought that one Xbox Series X and haven’t gotten around to it, I did enjoy the first one.
I’m still playing;
Elder Scrolls Online (2014) $5.99 at -70%
I haven’t bought a subscription the whole time I have been playing it, for months now and now that I understand enough systems I genuinely don’t need it. That being said, I bought the High Isle Collection which is not longer on sale on Steam due to the new expansion. Collection’s come with the game + several expansions, which adds a significant amount of content.
The combat is a little sub-par, but the voice acting is very good and there is a substantial amount of quests to do in the base game alone. It’s more of a chill and play MMO, most PVE enemies are fairly easy.
There is no levels to the enemies, they are the same level as whatever you are, the level caps at lvl 50 with an alternate system after like in Destiny. This Champion Points (level) is applied to all characters that are lvl 50.
I’m sporadic with my gaming. Couple hours here, few hours there. It’s a style of gameplay that has never lent itself to MMOPRGs. I neither commit enough time, nor do I really control when I’ll have that time. I can’t commit with a guild to a raid at x’oclock on Tuesday to take on that dungeon.
I’ve loved Skyrim though. Can you solo-play Elder Scrolls online and have a good time?
You can, the full voice acting makes solo play beneficial playing the story.
I did a lil haul on Steam summer sale - Horizon Zero Dawn, Assassin’s Creed Unity, The Surge 2, The Division and Vampire the Masquerade Bloodlines
I can recommend both The Surge games if you enjoy soulslikes, they’re nice sci-fi variations on Dark Souls gameplay, though definitely easier than fromsoft games
I’ll probably play Unity first unless my missus decides to co-op The Division with me
AC Unity may have been unbelievably buggy, but the city had a phenomenal feeling to it.
Watch_Dogs2
For what it was, I thought it was a fun open world.
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I’m playing Lego Jurassic World with my 4year old daughter.
We finished Jurassic Park after 1 year (she was 3 years old that time so patience was really tested, specially on parts that needs both of us to be coordinated).
Its hard to find time for us to play together, and she has been very patient with me because I travel 240kms dialy for work.
The Lego games are surprisingly fun for adults.
You got me :D
My wife suspects that I’m using mydaughter as an excuse to play the games/movies I missed when I was growing up.
We still have about 90 percent to finish in lego jurassic world.
Hey just letting you know that I used to be in a similar situation (215km daily; 3 hrs of commuting), and I feel your pain.
I did it for several years and the dangerous part is just getting used to many hours of your day evaporating into thin air. Ages 1-7 are critically formative years for a child, and you should be around as much as possible. Every time I think about the days where I left the house before my kids woke up, and came home after they were in bed, kills me.
Please try your best to find a job with a shorter commute. The time you don’t spend with your family gets lost forever. I’m rooting for you!
Assassin’s Creed Unity, mods and modern PCs fix almost all the issues the game had on launch. The remaining problem is the render distance still being a lot shorter than a modern PC can manage.
